9 Speedruns RESURRECTED From Death

Xem October 8, 2024
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In this video, we'll be exploring 9 tricks, ideas, and changes that saved their respective speedruns from death. Saving a speedrun oftentimes means making the run more enjoyable for everyone playing it, but can sometimes be as literal as reviving the community from an active playerbase of 0. This video covers a wide variety of games, from Playstation to PC to Nintendo. I hope this video inspires some of you to pick up these games and try them out yourselves! This is the spiritual sequel to my previous video on 8 speedruns that have been completely ruined. I put in much more research this time around and worked even harder on this video than I did the first time around. Let me know if you have any constructive feedback on this video! I hope you enjoy it. Editing by Ghostboy259 (https://realityescape.ca/) Thumbnail by zeskywheat Scripting and research done by me Special thanks to all the people who sat down with me and taught me about their speedruns, or generally helped with scripting feedback: Artemis64, Torpadorp, roboooooooooo, 247yugioh, Emerldd, DawnSR, Muty, Elgu, Amyrlinn, Joester98, Sharkhat87, PyBrou, guywithaxes, Gymnast86, and lumilaura Karl Jobst's video on Quake record that took 17 years to beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43d8fICz6gM My twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/xem92 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Orthogonal Jones (SM64) 06:03 - GASS (Ratchet: Tools of Destruction) 14:48 - Pinball Skip (Sonic Frontiers) 19:47 - Youtubers?? (Quake) 27:20 - Pre-Made Save File (Borderlands 2) 32:53 - Nut Skip (Crash Twinsanity) 37:22 - Wernicke Skip (Outlast) 43:16 - Morth Hover (Wind Waker HD) 47:37 - Long Backrat (Spyro the Dragon) 55:38 - Outro 56:25 - A Word From Xem ___ Twitch ➤ https://www.twitch.tv/xem92 Twitter ➤ https://www.twitter.com/xemmypoo Discord ➤ https://www.discord.gg/xem TikTok ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@xemmypoo Patreon ➤ https://www.patreon.com/xemmypoo

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